"I think we've all seen the middle finger before and we should get over it," Flacco told ESPN NFL Nation. "When people say stuff to you, what do you do? You react, and you usually react in a way that you might not necessarily want to or not necessarily always react that way. I hate to say it, and you don't want to make it that way. But a football field is a place where there is a lot of emotion. Sometimes, those things happen. Obviously, you want to limit to the point where no one else sees it."

Flacco admitted that even he is not above flipping the middle finger on the field. When asked if he ever had, Flacco said, "Yeah, I flipped [Ravens defensive end Terrell] Suggs off the other day in practice."